Drum and stick

Museum number:
5-16842a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210516842a@2cb
Alternate number:
50 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4729
Object count:
2
Description:
a) drum. wood hemisphere covered with 2 pieces of hide. the hide serving as drum head covered with brown hair. bottom hide, also partially covered with hair, is tightly cinched to drum head with hide thongs. wood handle protrudes from side. hide thong handle. b) drumstick. wood with paddle cloth end.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Hide (collagenous material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
b— length 40 centimeters, a— height 17 centimeters, and a— diameter 49 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drum and stick, accession number 5-16842a,b, described as a) drum. wood hemisphere covered with 2 pieces of hide. the hide serving as drum head covered with brown hair. bottom hide, also partially covered with hair, is tightly cinched to drum head with hide thongs. wood handle protrudes from side. hide thong handle. b) drumstick. wood with paddle cloth end.

Tools